PHILLIES FILES: Happ on saying goodbye

"I had an idea when I pulled into the ballpark this afternoon that it might be the last time…there were some emotions going on," the Phillies left-hander said.

A short time later on Thursday afternoon, Happ was in the middle of a jog around the perimeter of the field was he was flagged down and told to come inside.

"Rumors are rumors until you get called in and you can't really prepare for that," Happ said. "It was a tough meeting, but baseball doesn't wait for anybody."

Happ, the subject of trade rumors last July and again in the offseason when the free agent market hit full swing, was traded, along with minor leaguers Anthony Gose (outfield) and Jonathan Villar (shortstop) to the Astros for star right-hander Roy Oswalt, who will start Friday's game in Washington, D.C.

Manager Charlie Manuel admitted it was hard to see Happ go, but he's psyched about the way his rotation looks with Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels and Oswalt at the front-end.